Millman Named Acting NHTSA Administrator |
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Topics: Rosalyn G. Millman
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NHTSA
October 20, 1999
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHTSA 52-99
Wednesday, October 20, 1999
Contact: NHTSA, Cathy Hickey, (202) 366-9550
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater has named Rosalyn G. Millman as the Acting Administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
"Rosalyn brings a broad knowledge and understanding of highway safety issues to NHTSA," Secretary Slater said. "Her impressive work on transportation legislation in the U.S. Congress will be invaluable to the department as we vigilantly work to ensure the safety of the American people, which is President Clinton's highest transportation priority."
Millman joined the agency as deputy administrator in September. She now replaces Ricardo Martinez, M.D., who stepped down last week to take a position with an Internet-based health care company in Atlanta.
Prior to her appointment as deputy she served for six years as a transportation economist for the Democratic staff of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the U.S. House of Representatives. While working for the committee, Millman developed many significant policy provisions of the Transportation and Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), including such safety programs as alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures grants, the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program, and intelligent transportation systems model deployments.
Among her other legislative accomplishments are drafting of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 and the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act. Most recently she worked for the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation where she focused her efforts on motor carrier and commercial driver safety, hazardous materials transportation safety, research and technology, and implementation of the trucking provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
From 1989 to 1993 she worked for the U.S. General Accounting Office on such issues as oversight of foreign air carrier safety, tax treatment of U.S.-owned foreign flag shipping, and management of a Navy aircraft program. She has also worked for the International Food Policy Research Institute and the U.S. Agency for International Development in India.
A native of Pennsylvania, Millman graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1983 and received her master's degree in economics and public policy from Princeton University in 1988. She currently resides in Washington, D.C.
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